Ridiculous (Or Brilliant) Lies Parents Tell Their Kids

A "little white lie" isn't a lie, is it? When you were a kid, your parents probably fibbed about a few things to avoid situations they didn't want to deal with. Odds are, you learned that behavior & do it, too. The folks at Buzzfeed compiled a list of whoppers their site users grew up believing. A few of these are actually pretty good. Does it annoy you that the ice cream truck rolls through the neighborhood before dinner time? One user said her Mom told her the truck playing music meant it was out of ice cream. Small children want to watch their favorite movie over, and over, and over, and over...(and over...)... Tell your kid it's illegal to watch the same movie twice. Here's a good one. Eating in bed will turn you into a snake! That certainly would have worked on me! Click here for the full list.